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When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon finds an attaché case that had been stolen from the murdered man.
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Audiences 66GoodWatch 71
IMDb6.6
Running time
1 h 16 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −24 min on the typical 100
typical 10076Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 126 countries
+116Released
1939
March 7, 1939
87 years ago
Genres
ComedyMysteryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United Kingdom
and 10 more13 people
- Gordon HarkerInspector Hornleigh
- Alastair SimSergeant Bingham
- Wally PatchSam Holt
- Steven GerayMichael Kavanos
- Edward UnderdownPeter Dench
- Hugh WilliamsBill Gordon
- Gibb McLaughlinAlfred Cooper
- Ronald AdamWittens
Eliot MakehamAlexander Parkinson
Charles CarsonChief Superintendent
Peter GawthorneChancellor
Vi KaleyLandlady
Charles PatonAuction Bidder
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Film 1 of 3 · then Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
- Inspector Hornleigh (1939)
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- Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
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- Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)
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